ProgramsINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN II WORKSHOPYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: the Dutch Embassy Scope: Workshops The Urban Green II workshop gathers architecture students to design small-scale urban interventions in the informal settlement of Ard al-Liwa. The workshop took place in ALFABRIKA Creative Lab and Makerspace in Ard al-Liwa. The concept designs aim to…
ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN SIGNAGE WORKSHOPYear: 2022 Location: Giza, Egypt Scope: Program The Urban Signage Workshop, organized and led by CLUSTER, Ahmad Saqfalheit, and Alaa El-Hadidy, aims to support the local neighborhood of Ard al-Liwa through a pilot project to design and implement new signage for a set of stores, workshops as well…
ProgramsSOUND MAPPING EXHIBITIONYear: 2022 Location: ALFABRIKA and ALGAMALON, Ard al-Liwa Partners: for Cities and GIS Friends Scope: Urban Sound Exhibition CLUSTER is pleased to announce the opening of the “Sound Mapping” exhibition, displaying the outcome of a five-day workshop held between the 25th to the 30th of July 2022 at ALFABRIKA in Ard al-Liwa. Both…
ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN SHUTTERS WORKSHOPYear: 2021 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops Cairo, as most cities in the Global South, is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in shaping their cities. The project aims at bringing together architects, designers and art students along with craftspeople and artisans,…
ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN WORKSHOPYear: 2021 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops Cairo, as most cities in the Global South, is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in shaping their cities. The project aims at bringing together architects, designers and art students along with craftspeople and artisans,…
ProgramsDESIGN THINKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONSYear: 2021 Location: Cairo, Egypt and Islamabad, Pakistan Scope: Program Design Thinking for Environmental Solutions aims to research, design and prototype solutions to environmental challenges in cities in the Global South through digital workshops, in collaboration between CLUSTER, Cairo and IEI, Islamabad. The fellowship was open to 1st and 2nd year…
ProgramsWatch Video DESIGN, CRAFT, BRAND: FAYOUM WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Fayoum Scope: Workshops As part of the “Design, Craft, Brand” project, CLUSTER and Peacock for Art organized the “Design, Craft, Brand: Fayoum palm reed workshop” in collaboration with local partner FAODA. The project is supported by the Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies, DICE program. The workshop…
ProgramsWatch Video SCAVENGING JUNK, MAKING FURNITURE: UPCYCLING WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Alfabrkia, Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops The objective of the first up-cycling workshop, “Scavenging Junk, Making Furniture,” was to engage artisans, introduce new applications of production, and experiment with functional designs while using waste materials in practical pieces of furniture. This second workshop in “cluster makes”…
ProgramsARD AL-LIWA HOMES EXHIBITIONYear: 2017 Location: Artellewa Clients and Partners: Artellewa, Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Exhibition After investigating the architecture of informal settlements, the ETH Zurich Master of Advanced Studies Program in Urban Design at the Chair of Marc Angélil and directed by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes in collaboration with local partner CLUSTER, proposed new designs for…
ProgramsDESERT CITIES BOOK LAUNCH AND PANEL DISCUSSIONYear: 2017 Location: Townhouse Gallery, Downtown Cairo Clients and Partners: Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Book launch and Panel discussion Cairo’s Desert Cities Editors: Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre- Barthes in collaboration with Something Fantastic and CLUSTER Book Launch and Panel discussion with: Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Director, MAS Urban Design David…